Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Acoustic Metamaterials Acoustic Metamaterials Richard V. Craster <p>Over the past ten years, electromagnetic metamaterials have become ubiquitous in modern photonics research, following Pendry's proposal of a perfect flat lens via negative refraction at the turn o… OL19823620W
Advanced Ceramic Technologies & Products Advanced Ceramic Technologies & Products The Ceramic Society of Japan <p>Since the last century, ceramics have become essential to modern society and our daily lives. They have become an indispensable product to many industries, especially within the fields of electron… OL19823882W
Ceramic Materials Ceramic Materials C. Barry Carter <p><i>Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering</i> is an up-to-date treatment of ceramic science, engineering, and applications in a single, comprehensive text. Building on a foundation of crystal … OL19833707W
Crystallization of Nanoscaled Colloids Crystallization of Nanoscaled Colloids Philip G. Born This thesis deals with the processes that create ordered assemblies from disordered nanoparticles. Ordered packings of nanoscale particles can exhibit unusual properties. This work investigates the s… OL19838881W
Dynamic Failure of Composite and Sandwich Structures Dynamic Failure of Composite and Sandwich Structures Serge Abrate <p>This book presents a broad view of the current state of the art regarding the dynamic response of composite and sandwich structures subjected to impacts and explosions. Each chapter combines a tho… OL19844406W
In-situ Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Investigation of Transient Nanostructure of Multi-phase Polyme… In-situ Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Investigation of Transient Nanostructure of Multi-phase Polyme… Ahmad Zeinolebadi The results in this dissertation set the ground to answer a fundamental question in data-driven polymer material science: "Why don't prepared composites show less fatigue than the pure plastics?" A s… OL19857868W
Introduction to Metal Matrix Composites Introduction to Metal Matrix Composites Yoshinori Nishida This book is the first of its kind to deal with fabrication processes of metal matrix composites (MMCs) theoretically, experimentally, systematically, and instructively. The theoretical bases of fabr… OL19859095W
Silicone Composite Insulators Silicone Composite Insulators Konstantin O. Papailiou <p>Composite insulators have been in service in electric power networks successfully for more than 40 years, and now up to the highest operating voltages. The present book extensively covers such ins… OL19902130W
Thermal analysis of Micro, Nano- and Non-Crystalline Materials Thermal analysis of Micro, Nano- and Non-Crystalline Materials Jaroslav Šesták <p><i>Thermal Analysis of Micro-, Nano- and Non-Crystalline Materials: Transformation, Crystallization, Kinetics and Thermodynamics</i> complements and adds to volume 8 <i>Glassy, Amorphous and Nano-… OL19906770W